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But don’t do what they do, because they don’t practice what they teach.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Matthew.23.3.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Matthew.23.4" /> <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/23-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>They tie up heavy loads that are hard to carry<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Matthew.23.4.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a> and put them on people’s shoulders, but they themselves aren’t willing to lift a finger to move them.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Matthew.23.4.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Matthew.23.5" /> <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/23-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>They do everything<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Matthew.23.5.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a> to be seen by others: They enlarge their phylacteries<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Matthew.23.5.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> and lengthen their tassels.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Matthew.23.5.2"><span class="fnAlphabet">B</span></a> <a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Matthew.23.5.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a> <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Matthew.23.6" /> <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/23-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>They love the place of honor at banquets, the front seats in the synagogues,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Matthew.23.6.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Matthew.23.7" /> <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/23-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>greetings in the marketplaces, and to be called ‘Rabbi’ by people.</span></p><p class="scripture"><span class="redletter"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Matthew.23.8" /> <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/23-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>“But you are not to be called ‘Rabbi,’ because you have one Teacher,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Matthew.23.8.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a> and you are all brothers and sisters.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Matthew.23.8.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Matthew.23.9" /> <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/23-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Do not call anyone on earth your father, because you have one Father, who is in heaven.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Matthew.23.9.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Matthew.23.10" /> <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/23-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>You are not to be called instructors either, because you have one Instructor, the Messiah. <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Matthew.23.11" /> <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/23-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>The greatest among you will be your servant.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Matthew.23.11.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Matthew.23.12" /> <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/23-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Matthew.23.12.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></span></p><p class="scripture"><span class="redletter"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Matthew.23.13" /> <A name=""></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/23-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! You shut the door of the kingdom of heaven in people’s faces. For you don’t go in, and you don’t allow those entering to go in.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Matthew.23.13.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">a</span></a> <a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Matthew.23.13.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></span></p><p class="scripture"><span class="redletter"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Matthew.23.15" /> <A name="15"></a> <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/23-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! You travel over land and sea to make one convert,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Matthew.23.15.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> and when he becomes one, you make him twice as much a child of hell as you are!</span></p><p class="scripture"><span class="redletter"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Matthew.23.16" /> <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/23-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>“Woe to you, blind guides,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Matthew.23.16.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> who say, ‘Whoever takes an oath by the temple, it means nothing. But whoever takes an oath<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Matthew.23.16.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a> by the gold of the temple is bound by his oath.’<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Matthew.23.16.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a> <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Matthew.23.17" /> <A name="18"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/23-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Blind fools! For which is greater, the gold or the temple that sanctified the gold? <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Matthew.23.18" /> <A name="19"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/23-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Also, ‘Whoever takes an oath by the altar, it means nothing; but whoever takes an oath by the gift that is on it is bound by his oath.’ <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Matthew.23.19" /> <A name="20"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/23-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Blind people!<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Matthew.23.19.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a> For which is greater, the gift or the altar that sanctifies the gift?<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Matthew.23.19.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Matthew.23.20" /> <A name="21"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/23-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Therefore, the one who takes an oath by the altar takes an oath by it and by everything on it. <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Matthew.23.21" /> <A name="22"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/23-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>The one who takes an oath by the temple takes an oath by it and by him who dwells<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Matthew.23.21.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> in it. <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Matthew.23.22" /> <A name="23"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/23-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>And the one who takes an oath by heaven takes an oath by God’s throne<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Matthew.23.22.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> and by him who sits on it.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Matthew.23.22.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></span></p><p class="scripture"><span class="redletter"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Matthew.23.23" /> <A name="24"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/23-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! You pay a tenth of<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Matthew.23.23.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a> mint, dill, and cumin, and yet you have neglected the more important matters of the law — justice,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Matthew.23.23.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> mercy, and faithfulness.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Matthew.23.23.2"><span class="fnAlphabet">B</span></a> These things should have been done without neglecting the others. <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Matthew.23.24" /> <A name="25"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/23-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>Blind guides!<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Matthew.23.24.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> You strain out a gnat, but gulp down a camel!</span></p><p class="scripture"><span class="redletter"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Matthew.23.25" /> <A name="26"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/23-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! You clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside they are full of greed<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Matthew.23.25.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a> and self-indulgence.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Matthew.23.25.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Matthew.23.26" /> <A name="27"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/23-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>Blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of the cup,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Matthew.23.26.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a> so that the outside of it<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Matthew.23.26.2"><span class="fnAlphabet">B</span></a> may also become clean.</span></p><p class="scripture"><span class="redletter"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Matthew.23.27" /> <A name="28"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/23-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Matthew.23.27.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> which appear beautiful on the outside, but inside are full of the bones of the dead and every kind of impurity. <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Matthew.23.28" /> <A name="29"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/23-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>In the same way, on the outside you seem righteous to people, but inside you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.</span></p><p class="scripture"><span class="redletter"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Matthew.23.29" /> <A name="30"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/23-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! You build the tombs of the prophets and decorate the graves of the righteous, <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Matthew.23.30" /> <A name="31"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/23-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>and you say, ‘If we had lived in the days of our ancestors, we wouldn’t have taken part with them in shedding the prophets’ blood.’ <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Matthew.23.31" /> <A name="32"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/23-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>So you testify against yourselves that you are descendants of those who murdered the prophets. <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Matthew.23.32" /> <A name="33"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/23-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>Fill up, then, the measure of your ancestors’ sins!<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Matthew.23.32.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></span></p><p class="scripture"><span class="redletter"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Matthew.23.33" /> <A name="34"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/23-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>“Snakes! Brood of vipers! How can you escape being condemned to hell?<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Matthew.23.33.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">a</span></a> <a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Matthew.23.33.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Matthew.23.34" /> <A name="35"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/23-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span>This is why I am sending you prophets,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Matthew.23.34.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> sages, and scribes. Some of them you will kill and crucify, and some of them you will flog in your synagogues<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Matthew.23.34.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a> and pursue from town to town. <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Matthew.23.35" /> <A name="36"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/23-35.htm"><b>35</b></a></span>So all the righteous blood shed on the earth will be charged to you,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Matthew.23.35.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a> from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Matthew.23.35.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> son of Berechiah, whom you murdered between the sanctuary and the altar.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Matthew.23.35.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a> <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Matthew.23.36" /> <A name="37"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/23-36.htm"><b>36</b></a></span>Truly I tell you, all these things will come on this generation.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Matthew.23.36.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></span></p><h3 class="head1">Jesus’s Lamenting over Jerusalem</h3><p class="noind"><span class="redletter"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Matthew.23.37" /> <A name="38"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/23-37.htm"><b>37</b></a></span>“Jerusalem, Jerusalem,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Matthew.23.37.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her. How often I wanted to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Matthew.23.37.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a> under her wings, but you were not willing!<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Matthew.23.37.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a> <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Matthew.23.38" /> <A name="39"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/23-38.htm"><b>38</b></a></span>See, your house is left to you desolate.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Matthew.23.38.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Matthew.23.39" /> <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/23-39.htm"><b>39</b></a></span>For I tell you, you will not see me again until you say, ‘<span class="otquote">Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord</span>’! ”<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Matthew.23.39.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> <a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Matthew.23.39.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></span></p><br /><section id="footnotes-Matthew.23" class="fnSection"><aside id="fn.Matthew.23.4.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Matthew.23.4">23:4</a></span> Other mss omit <span class="italic">that are hard to carry</span></aside><aside id="fn.Matthew.23.5.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Matthew.23.5">23:5</a></span> Lit <span class="italic">do all their works</span></aside><aside id="fn.Matthew.23.5.2"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Matthew.23.5">23:5</a></span> Other mss add <span class="italic">on their robes</span></aside><aside id="fn.Matthew.23.8.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Matthew.23.8">23:8</a></span> Other mss add <span class="italic">the Christ</span></aside><aside id="fn.Matthew.23.13.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Matthew.23.13">23:13</a></span> Some mss include v. 14: <span class="italic">“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! You devour widows’ houses and make long prayers just for show. This is why you will receive a harsher punishment.</span></aside><aside id="fn.Matthew.23.16.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Matthew.23.16">23:16</a></span> Lit <span class="italic">is obligated</span>, also in v. 18</aside><aside id="fn.Matthew.23.19.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Matthew.23.19">23:19</a></span> Other mss read <span class="italic">Fools and blind</span></aside><aside id="fn.Matthew.23.23.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Matthew.23.23">23:23</a></span> Or <span class="italic">You tithe</span></aside><aside id="fn.Matthew.23.23.2"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Matthew.23.23">23:23</a></span> Or <span class="italic">faith</span></aside><aside id="fn.Matthew.23.25.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Matthew.23.25">23:25</a></span> Or <span class="italic">full of violence</span></aside><aside id="fn.Matthew.23.26.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Matthew.23.26">23:26</a></span> Other mss add <span class="italic">and dish</span></aside><aside id="fn.Matthew.23.26.2"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Matthew.23.26">23:26</a></span> Other mss read <span class="italic">of them</span></aside><aside id="fn.Matthew.23.33.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Matthew.23.33">23:33</a></span> Lit <span class="italic">escape from the judgment of gehenna</span></aside><aside id="fn.Matthew.23.35.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Matthew.23.35">23:35</a></span> Lit <span class="italic">will come on you</span></aside><aside id="fn.Matthew.23.37.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Matthew.23.37">23:37</a></span> Or <span class="italic">as a mother bird gathers her young</span></aside><br /><section id="cross-references-Matthew.23" class="xrfSection"><aside id="xrf.Matthew.23.1.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Matthew.23.1">23:1-7</a></span> Mk 12:38–39; Lk 20:45–46</aside><aside id="xrf.Matthew.23.1.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Matthew.23.1">23:1</a></span> Mt 10:42; 28:19; Lk 14:26; Jn 8:31; 13:35; 15:8; Ac 6:1</aside><aside id="xrf.Matthew.23.2.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Matthew.23.2">23:2</a></span> Ezr 7:6,25; Neh 8:4</aside><aside id="xrf.Matthew.23.3.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Matthew.23.3">23:3</a></span> Mt 5:20; 15:3–9; Rm 2:17–23</aside><aside id="xrf.Matthew.23.4.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Matthew.23.4">23:4</a></span> Lk 11:46; Ac 15:10; Gl 6:13</aside><aside id="xrf.Matthew.23.5.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Matthew.23.5">23:5</a></span> Ex 13:9; Dt 6:8; 11:18; Mt 6:1,5,16</aside><aside id="xrf.Matthew.23.5.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Matthew.23.5">23:5</a></span> Mt 9:20; 14:36; Mk 6:56; Lk 8:44</aside><aside id="xrf.Matthew.23.6.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Matthew.23.6">23:6</a></span> Lk 11:43; 14:7; 20:46</aside><aside id="xrf.Matthew.23.8.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Matthew.23.7">23:7-8</a></span> Mk 9:5; 10:51; Jn 1:38,49; 11:8; Jms 3:1</aside><aside id="xrf.Matthew.23.9.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Matthew.23.9">23:9</a></span> Mal 1:6; Mt 6:9; 7:11</aside><aside id="xrf.Matthew.23.11.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Matthew.23.11">23:11</a></span> Mt 20:26–27; Mk 9:35; 3Jn 9</aside><aside id="xrf.Matthew.23.12.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Matthew.23.12">23:12</a></span> Pr 29:23; Ezk 21:26; Lk 14:11; 18:14; Jms 4:6,10; 1Pt 5:5–6</aside><aside id="xrf.Matthew.23.13.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Matthew.23.13">23:13</a></span> Mt 23:15,23,25; Lk 11:52</aside><aside id="xrf.Matthew.23.15.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Matthew.23.15">23:15</a></span> Ac 2:11; 6:5; 13:43</aside><aside id="xrf.Matthew.23.16.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Matthew.23.16">23:16</a></span> Mt 15:14; 23:24; Ac 1:16; Rm 2:19</aside><aside id="xrf.Matthew.23.16.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Matthew.23.16">23:16</a></span> Lv 19:12; Nm 30:2; Dt 23:21; Mt 5:33; 14:7; 26:63,72</aside><aside id="xrf.Matthew.23.19.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Matthew.23.19">23:19</a></span> Ex 29:37; 30:29</aside><aside id="xrf.Matthew.23.21.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Matthew.23.21">23:21</a></span> 1Kg 8:13; 2Ch 6:2; Ps 26:8; 132:14</aside><aside id="xrf.Matthew.23.22.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Matthew.23.22">23:22</a></span> Ex 17:16; Ps 11:4; Mt 5:34; Heb 8:1</aside><aside id="xrf.Matthew.23.22.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Matthew.23.22">23:22</a></span> Ps 47:8; Mt 19:28; Rv 4:2</aside><aside id="xrf.Matthew.23.23.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Matthew.23.23">23:23</a></span> 1Sm 15:22; Ps 33:5; Jr 5:1; Mc 6:8; Zch 7:9; Lk 11:42</aside><aside id="xrf.Matthew.23.24.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Matthew.23.24">23:24</a></span> Mt 15:14; 23:16</aside><aside id="xrf.Matthew.23.25.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Matthew.23.25">23:25</a></span> Mk 7:4; Lk 11:39</aside><aside id="xrf.Matthew.23.27.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Matthew.23.27">23:27</a></span> Lk 11:44; Ac 23:3</aside><aside id="xrf.Matthew.23.32.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Matthew.23.31">23:31-32</a></span> Gn 15:16; Ac 7:51; 1Th 2:15–16</aside><aside id="xrf.Matthew.23.33.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Matthew.23.33">23:33</a></span> Mt 3:7; 5:22; 12:34</aside><aside id="xrf.Matthew.23.34.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Matthew.23.34">23:34</a></span> Ac 13:1; 1Co 12:28</aside><aside id="xrf.Matthew.23.34.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Matthew.23.34">23:34</a></span> 2Ch 36:15–16; Mt 10:17; Ac 22:19</aside><aside id="xrf.Matthew.23.35.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Matthew.23.35">23:35</a></span> 2Ch 24:21; Zch 1:1</aside><aside id="xrf.Matthew.23.35.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Matthew.23.35">23:35</a></span> Gn 4:8; Heb 11:4; 1Jn 3:12; Rv 18:24</aside><aside id="xrf.Matthew.23.36.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Matthew.23.36">23:36</a></span> Mt 10:23; 16:28; 24:34</aside><aside id="xrf.Matthew.23.37.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Matthew.23.37">23:37-39</a></span> Lk 13:34–35</aside><aside id="xrf.Matthew.23.37.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Matthew.23.37">23:37</a></span> Dt 32:11–12; Ru 2:12; Mt 5:12</aside><aside id="xrf.Matthew.23.38.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Matthew.23.38">23:38</a></span> 1Kg 9:7; Is 64:11; Jr 12:7; 22:5</aside><aside id="xrf.Matthew.23.39.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Matthew.23.39">23:39</a></span> Ps 118:26; Mt 21:9</aside><aside id="xrf.Matthew.23.39.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Matthew.23.39">23:39</a></span> Ps 118:26</aside><br /><section id="study-notes-Matthew.23" class="snSection"><br /></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Christian Standard Bible. 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